2017

Introduction:

Welcome! A few years ago, I discovered an application that artists employ in their works to bring cultural awareness to their audiences. Having discerned this semiotic theory that applies to literature, music, art, film, and the media, I have devoted the blog, "Theory of Iconic Realism" to explore this theory. The link to the publisher of my book is below. If you or your university would like a copy of this book for your library or if you would like to review it for a scholarly journal, please contact the Edwin Mellen Press at the link listed below.
Looking forward to hearing from you!

Political philosophy is an extension of the mind’s eye to the whole great scale of civil society, and demonstrating the close-linked dependencies of its remotest parts, affords to the benevolence of the human heart, and the comprehension of the human understanding, a social system, gratifying to the feelings of the one, and ennobling to the faculties of the other. (33)

The human heart and 'comprehension of understanding,' which I will identify as consciousness, are two distinct entities, for the heart, aside from its organic characteristics, contains the essence of human emotions. On the other hand, comprehension of understanding involves the assimilation of intelligence and critical analysis as they interact with the psycho-physiological structure in a wondrous flow of human experience. I reflect on this concept in the following poem:

23 January, 2018

This past weekend, my daughter married a wonderful man. It was a lovely wedding. Below is a poem that I've given to friends in the past as a wedding gift. I hand-pen it exquisitely on parchment paper in either Chancery Cursive or Old English calligraphy with iconography to frame the words, and place it in a lovely frame. Ha! Surely, they've been best sellers at tag sales. Anyway, this is dedicated to my daughter and her husband:

15 January, 2018

The significant "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is another illustration of iconic realism. From behind bars, King wrote this eloquent epistle, begun in the margins of discarded newspapers, then from a borrowed legal notepad. In this piece, he elaborately describes his educated and passionate belief in freedom of speech. Written in April, 1963, he had no access to a computer, nor spellcheck, yet his hand-written expression is clear, coherent, concise, and cohesive, utilizing classical rhetoric to elucidate for his audience the possibilities that could evolve from cultural reform.

07 January, 2018

"Life’s intermittent light shines through our souls to reveal the softness within, knowing that this gentle force originates from the intensity of hardship learned by living in the profusion of opportunity that surrounds us."

06 December, 2017

This Christmas
poem was written a couple of years ago after I overheard a woman in the grocery
store concerned that she didn't have enough cloves for her hot mulled wine. (Four bottles of cloves weren't enough?) I think Mary spoke to me personally that
day, whispering into my subconscious, "Jeanne, you have to write this....
now!"Merry Christmas!

Located in 900+ major libraries on 6 continents: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers....In Chapter One of this book, I discuss my semiotic theory of iconic realism. By clicking the book's image, you will access the publisher's URL where you can order the book directly.

A Book Review of mine for Rocky Mt. Review of Language & Literature (Click on the image below.)